And it's now half term...

[jedda]

... which means that I have got through my first six weeks of teaching with nothing too major happening and most of my nerves still intact. I was planning to spend this week doing thesis writing but as the uni have scheduled a seminar day for the Friday so that's one day less (it can't be more boring than last time, the most productive thing I did

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[dainul]

Lesson planning will take an age when you start. It was taking me 3-4 hours to plan for 1 hour to start with. Of course, that is simply not feasible to continue in the long run, but as you get to know ideas about what you want to do, it will start to come more easily. Probably the best piece of advice I could give to my past self now is: Don't plan what you're going to do. Plan what they are going to do, then figure out what you need to do to make it happen. Good luck.